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LettercPaten-t No. 73,949, dated February 4. I868.

IMPROVED STATE-EOQMI'OR RAILROAD-BARS.

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TO ALL WHOM 11' MAY concerns:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BROWN, of Duncannc'n, in the county of Perry, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and improved State-Room Railroad-Car; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, in which--- 7 Figure 1 is a transverse vertical sectionoi my inirention, taken in the line a: z, fig. 4.

Figure 2, a side sectional view of the some, taken in the line y y, 4.

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Figure 4, a. diminished plan of the state-rooms and passage-way.

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This invention consists in a novel arrangement of state-rooms, berths, or beds, and a. passage-way in a railronthar, as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby it is believed that pcrso ns may be provided with for preferable sleepingsccommodations than any now adopted by railroad companies, not only :is regards the comfort of'sle'eping, but also as regnrds privacy between males and females.

I ccnstruct'the car with an elevated central longitudinalsectiou, A, in its top or roof, which afl'ords means .for proper ventilation, thersbeing openings, a, in the sides of A, and olso serves its a receptacle for the beds I when not in use, and raised up out of the way.. I divide the cor-off into a series of rooms, B, by means of C, atone side of the car, extending its whole length, and have the rooms Bcommunicatewith this entry by means of doors, a, there being two doors to-each state-room, one heinga hinged door, and the other a. sliding one. The entry Gis of such a width, that when the hinged doors of the state-rooms'ore fully opened, they will extend across'the entry, and increase the dimensions of the staterooms, the width of the. entry being thereby added to them. The beds D are equal in width to the section A in the top or root, as the heds, \ihen not in use, are hoisted into A, as previously stated; oonseqncntly there will be a space, d, in each state-room, for chairs and a. wash-stand or table, the spaces 3 being equal in width to the entry .0. I design to have three beds in each state-room, ach being suiiiciently wide for two persons; and these beds are suspended from each corncr or angle by cords, e, which pass over pulleysf, in the upper part of the section A, the cords of each bod being attached to a separate ring, E, so that by pulling down on ring, the cords ri'hich'nre attached to it willyaise the bed to which said cords are secured. The beds, when let down for use, are retained or held by the rings coming in contact with a clout, g, at the lower part of one side of the section A, (see fig. 1.) p The upper bed is provided with side curtains, 13*, attached to the lower ends of the section A, 'while the two lower beds are proriddxvith curtains, vattached to the beds immediately above them, (see more pnrticularlyfig, 1.) The state-rooms may-be about six'i'eet in length, and hence a car fifty feet long may be dii ided into eight rooms,'ea'ch capable of accommodating six persons.

It is designedto have married persons, and females generally, provided with rooms separate from those to. be occupied by males only. For instance, the rooms-at one end of. the car, say 5, 6, 7, and8, fig. 4, may be appropriutcdfor them, and they may be isolated from the general passage-way orentry C, or rather, the latter may be enclosed by opening the hinged door 0 of the first of said rooms, No. 5,"across the entry. The other rooms, 1, 2, 3, and 4:, may communicate with the general passage-way, thait is to say, the hinged doors 0 need not be extended across the entry, vunless. specially desired. It will be seen that, as each bed is provided with side curtains, the occupants will not be exposed; two ladies, for instance,'ma-y occupy one bed, and a. gentleman and his wife the one'above or underneath. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire tcsecure by Letters Patent- The combination of thchinged doors 0 with the pnssage-way'or entry 0, so that the latter may be enclosed, and made to form a portion of the state-rooms, when desired, substantially he described,

The above specification of my invention signed by inc, this 16th day of October, 1855. V

WILLIAM BROWN.

Witnesses: O. B. ELLIS, Jso. S. Feces, 

